Inventions and Other Intellectual Property. (A) The parties foresee that the Employee may make inventions or create other intellectual property in the course of his duties and agree that in this respect the Employee has a special responsibility to further the interests of the Company and the Group Companies.
(B) Any invention, improvement, design, process, information, copyright work, trade xxxx or trade name or get-up made, created or discovered by the Employee in the course of the Employment (whether capable of being patented or registered or not and whether or not made or discovered in the course of the Employment) in conjunction with or in any way affecting or relating to the business of the Company or of any Group Company or capable of being used or adapted for use in or in connection with such business ("Intellectual Property Rights") shall -be disclosed immediately to the Company and shall (subject to Sections 39 to 43 Patents Act 1977) belong to and be the absolute property of the Company or such Group Company as the Company may direct.
(C) If and whenever required so to do by the Company the Employee shall at the expense of the Company or such Group Company as the Company may direct: apply or join with the Company or such Group Company in applying for letters patent or other protection or registration for an other Intellectual Property Rights in the United Kingdom and in any other part of the world; and execute all instruments and do all things necessary for vesting all such right, title and interest in such letters patent or other Intellectual Property Rights in the Company or such Group Company or such other person as the Company may specify absolutely as sole beneficial owner.
(D) The Employee irrevocably and unconditionally waives all rights under Chapter IV of Part 1 of the Copyright , Designs and Patents Xxx 0000 in connection with his authorship Copyright of any existing or future copyright work in the course of the Employment, in whatever part of the world such rights may be enforceable including, without limitation:
(i) the right conferred by section 77 of that Act to be identified as the author of any such work., and
(ii) the right conferred by section 80 of that Act not to have any such work subjected to derogatory treatment.
(E) The Employee irrevocably appoints the Company to be his Attorney in his name and on his behalf to execute any such instrument or do any such thing and generally to use his name for the purpose of giving to the Company the full benefits of this clause 13....
Inventions and Other Intellectual Property. The Executive hereby agrees that all right, title and interest in and to all of Executive’s “Creations” and work product made during the term of the Executive’s employment with the Company, whether pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise, shall belong solely to the Company, whether or not they are protected or protectible under applicable patent, trademark, service xxxx, copyright or trade secret laws. For purposes of this Section 9, the term “Creations” shall mean all inventions, designs, discoveries, books, newsletters, manuscripts, articles, research, compilations, improvements, and other works which are or may be copyrighted, trade-marked or patented or otherwise constitute works of intellectual property which may be protected (including, without limitation, any information relating to the Company’s software products, source code, know-how, processes, designs, algorithms, computer programs and routines, formulae, techniques, developments or experimental work, works-in-progress, or business trade secrets whether now existing, or hereafter developed during the Employment Period) made or conceived or reduced to practice by the Company. Executive agrees that all work or other material containing or reflecting any such Creations shall be deemed work made for hire as defined in Section 101 of the Copyright Act, 15 U.S.C. Section 101. If a court of competent jurisdiction determines that any such works are not works made for hire, Executive hereby assigns to the Company all of Executive’s right, title and interest, including all rights of copyright, patent, and other intellectual property rights, to or in such Creations. Executive covenants that he shall keep the Company informed of the development of all Creations made, conceived or reduced to practice by the Company, in whole or in part, by Executive or any other alone or with others, which either result from any work Executive may do for, or at the request of, the Company, or are related to the Company’s present or contemplated activities, investigations, or obligations. Executive further agrees that (i) at the Company’s request and expense, he will execute any assignments or any other documents or instruments necessary to transfer all rights any such Creations to the Company and (ii) he will cooperate with the Company or its nominee in perfecting the Company’s title (or the title of the Company’s nominee) in any or all such materials.
Inventions and Other Intellectual Property. Employee agrees that during the term of his employment by Employer, he will disclose to Employer (and no one else) all, and will not use for his own benefit or otherwise misappropriate any, ideas, methods, plans, developments or improvements known by him which relate directly or indirectly to A.M. Castle’s Business (as defined below), whether acquired by Employee before or during his employment by Employer. Employee acknowledges that all inventions, innovations, improvements, developments, methods, designs, analyses, drawings, reports, and similar or related information (whether or not patentable) that relate to the actual or anticipated business, research and development, or existing or future products or services of Employer and that are conceived, developed, or made by Employee while employed by Employer (“Work Product”) belong to Employer. Any copyrightable work falling within the definition of Work Product shall be deemed a “work made for hire” as such term is defined in 17 U.S.C. Section 101, and ownership of all right, title, and interest therein shall vest in Employer. To the extent that any Work Product is not deemed a “work made for hire” under applicable law, or all right, title, and interest in and to such Work Product has not automatically vested in Employer, Employee hereby irrevocably assigns, transfers, and conveys, to the full extent permitted by applicable law, all right, title, and interest in and to the Work Product on a worldwide basis to Employer without further consideration. Employee will promptly disclose such Work Product to Employer and perform all actions requested by Employer (whether during or after employment) to establish and confirm such ownership (including without limitation, assignments, consents, powers of attorney, and other instruments). Nothing in this Section 9 shall be construed as requiring any such communication where the idea, plan, method or development is lawfully protected from disclosure as a trade secret of a third party or by any other lawful prohibition against such communication.
Inventions and Other Intellectual Property. Executive agrees that all inventions, innovations, improvements, developments, methods, designs, analyses, drawings, reports, trademarks, slogans, product or other designs, advertising or marketing programs, and all similar or related information which relate to the Company's or any of its subsidiaries' or affiliates' actual or anticipated business, research and development or existing or future products or services and which are (or were prior to the date of this Agreement) conceived, developed or made by Executive, whether alone or jointly with others, while employed by the Company or any such subsidiary or affiliate or any predecessor thereof ("Work Product") belong to the Company or such subsidiary or affiliate. Executive will promptly disclose such Work Product to the President of the Company and perform all actions reasonably requested by the President of the Company (whether during or after the Employment Period) to establish and confirm such ownership (including, without limitation, assignments, consents, powers of attorney and other instruments).
Inventions and Other Intellectual Property. 5.1 Director agrees to hold in complete trust for the benefit of PharmaFrontiers, and to disclose promptly and fully to PharmaFrontiers in writing, and hereby assigns, and binds Director's heirs, executors, administrators, and all legal representatives to assign, to PharmaFrontiers any and all inventions, discoveries, ideas, concepts, improvements, copyrightable works, biological materials, and other developments (all of the above are collectively referred to as the "Developments") conceived, made, discovered or developed by him, solely or jointly with others, during the term of this Agreement, whether during or outside of usual working hours and whether on PharmaFrontiers' premises or not, which relate in any manner to the past, present or anticipated business of PharmaFrontiers. The parties agree that, if Director is an inventor as determined by U.S. patent law for any invention, Director shall be named as an inventor in connection with any patent application therefor. Any and all such Developments shall be the sole and exclusive property of PharmaFrontiers, whether patentable, copyrightable, or neither, and Director agrees that Director will assist and fully cooperate in every way, at PharmaFrontiers' expense, in securing, maintaining, and enforcing, for the benefit of PharmaFrontiers or its designee, patents, copyrights or other types of proprietary or intellectual property protection for such Developments in any and all countries. Director acknowledges and agrees that any and all such Developments conceived, created, or authored by him is a "work made for hire," as defined by the federal copyright laws, and therefore all copyrights in and to such works are and will be owned by PharmaFrontiers. To the extent that Director authors any copyrightable work in any medium during the term of this Agreement which relates or pertains in any way to PharmaFrontiers or any of the operations or activities of either and which was is held not a work made for hire, Director hereby assigns all right, title, and interest, including but not limited to all rights of copyright, in and to such works to PharmaFrontiers. Within six months following the termination of this Agreement, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any Development of the Director relating to any PharmaFrontiers subject matter on which Director worked or was informed during the term of this Agreement shall be conclusively presumed to have been conceived and made prior to the termination of...
Inventions and Other Intellectual Property. 13.1 The Executive may make inventions or create other intellectual property during the Employment. In this respect the Executive has a special responsibility to further the interests of the Company and the Group given the Executive’s position at the Company and the remuneration paid to the Executive under this Agreement.
13.2 In recognition of the Executive’s position, remuneration and responsibility, the Executive acknowledges and agrees that any invention, improvement, design, process, information, copyright work, trade xxxx, trade name or get-up or any other intellectual property (together the “Intellectual Property”) made, created or discovered by him during the Employment (whether capable of being patented or registered or not) in conjunction with or in any way affecting or relating to the business of the Company or any Group Company or capable of being used or adapted for use in the Company or any such Group Company or in connection therewith shall be immediately disclosed to the Company and shall belong to and be the absolute property of the Company or such Group Company as the Company may direct.
13.3 However clause 13.2 shall only apply to the extent that any invention was made by the Executive in the course of his duties or in the course of duties falling outside the Executive’s normal duties but which have been specifically assigned to him (together “Duties”) and (i) such invention was reasonably expected to result therefrom; and/or (ii) at the time of making the invention, because of the nature of his Duties and the particular responsibilities arising therefrom, the Executive had a special obligation to further the interests of the Company.
13.4 The Executive acknowledges that he has no rights, interest or claims, either during the Employment or after the termination of the Employment, in or to any such Intellectual Property and he shall not use such Intellectual Property other than during the period of the Employment and for the purpose of the Company or the Group.
13.5 If and whenever required to do so by the Company, (whether during the Employment or after its termination), the Executive shall at the expense of the Company or such Group Company as the Company may direct:
Inventions and Other Intellectual Property. Employee hereby agrees that any design, invention, copyright or trademark materials made or created as a result of or in connection with the duties of Employee hereunder shall be the sole and exclusive property of Employer, and Employee hereby assigns and transfers to Employer the entire right, title and interest of Employee in and to the foregoing. Employee further agrees that, at Employer’s request and expense, Employee will execute any deeds, assignments or other documents necessary to transfer any such design, invention, copyright or trademark materials to Employer and will cooperate with Employer or its nominee in perfecting Employer’s title (or the title of Employer’s nominee) in such materials. During the term of his employment, Employee shall keep Employer informed of the development of all designs, inventions or copyright materials made, conceived or reduced to practice by Employee, in whole or in part, alone or with others, that either result from any work Employee may do for or at the request of Employer or any affiliate of Employer or are related to the present or contemplated activities, investigations or obligations of Employer or any affiliate of Employer. If any such design, invention, or copyright material relating in any manner to the business of Employer or Parent or any research and development of Employer or any affiliate of Employer is disclosed by Employee within six (6) months after leaving the employ of Employer, it shall be presumed that such design, invention, copyright or trademark materials resulted or were conceived from developments made during the period of the employment by Employer of Employee (unless Employee can conclusively prove that such design, invention, copyright or trademark materials were conceived, made and discovered solely during the period following termination of employment hereunder) and Employee agrees that any such design, invention, copyright or trademark materials shall belong to Employer.
Inventions and Other Intellectual Property. Employee agrees that during the term of his employment by Employer, he will disclose to Employer (and no one else) all ideas, methods, plans, developments or improvements known by him which relate directly or indirectly to the business of Employer, whether acquired by Employee before or during his employment by Employer. Nothing in this Section 10 shall be construed as requiring any such communication where the idea, plan, method or development is lawfully protected from disclosure as a trade secret of a third party or by any other lawful prohibition against such communication.
Inventions and Other Intellectual Property. 14.1 The parties foresee that the Executive may make inventions or create other intellectual property in the course of his duties hereunder and agree that in this respect the Executive has a special responsibility to further the interests of the Employer and the Group Companies.
14.2 Any invention, or improvement, design, process, information, copyright work, trade mxxx or trade name or get-up made, created or discovered by the Executive during the continuance of the Employment (whether capable of being patented or registered or not and whether or not made or discovered in the course of the Employment) in conjunction with or in any way affecting or relating to the business of any company in the Group or capable of being used or adapted for use therein or in connection therewith shall forthwith be disclosed to the Employer and shall (subject to sections 39 to 43 Patents Act 1977) belong to and be the absolute property of the Employer or such Group Company as the Employer may direct. Back to Contents
14.3 The Executive if and whenever required so to do by the Employer shall at the expense of the Employer or such Group Company as the Employer may direct:
(a) apply or join with the Employer or such Group Company in applying for letters patent or other protection or registration in the United Kingdom and in any other part of the world for any such invention, improvement, design, process, information, work, trade mxxx, trade name or get-up as aforesaid; and
(b) execute and do all instruments and things necessary for vesting the said letters patent or other protection or registration when obtained and all right title and interest to and in the same absolutely and as sole beneficial owner in the Employer or such Group Company or in such other person as the Employer may specify.
14.4 The Executive hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives all rights under Chapter IV, Copyright, Designs and Patents Axx 0000 in connection with his authorship of any existing or future copyright work in the course of the Employment, in whatever part of the world such rights may be enforceable, including, without limitation:
(a) the right conferred by section 77 of that Act to be identified as the author of any such work; and
(b) the right conferred by section 80 of that Act not to have any such work subjected to derogatory treatment.
14.5 The Executive hereby irrevocably appoints the Employer to be his Attorney in his name and on his behalf to execute and do any such instrument or ...
Inventions and Other Intellectual Property. The Company and Executive agree to promptly execute the Proprietary Information and Invention Agreement, annexed hereto as Attachment D, and any revised versions which are subsequently issued by the Company as part of its standard terms of employment.
